EXHIBIT 10.30
SURETY EXCESS OF LOSS REINSURANCE CONTRACT
AS RESPECTS ONLY SURETY BUSINESS FOR THE DICK CORPORATION
(HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "CONTRACT")
EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 1, 2005
entered into by and between
WESTERN SURETY COMPANY
UNIVERSAL SURETY OF AMERICA
SURETY BONDING COMPANY OF AMERICA
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "Company")
and
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
(hereinafter referred to as "Reinsurer")
Witnesseth:
In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth the Company and the Reinsurer hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE 1 - SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
This Contract is solely between the Company and the Reinsurer. Performance of
respective obligations of each party under this Contract shall be rendered
solely to the other party, except as specifically and expressly provided for in
the Insolvency Article. The provisions of this Contract are intended solely for
the benefit of the parties to and executing this Contract, and nothing in this
Contract shall in any manner create, or be construed to create, any obligations
to or establish any rights against any party to this Contract in favor of any
third parties or other persons not parties to and executing this Contract.
ARTICLE 2 - BUSINESS COVERED
The Company shall reinsure with the Reinsurer and the Reinsurer shall accept as
reinsurance from the Company the Company's net excess liability for surety
business for only the principal Dick Corporation written or renewed and surety
reinsurance assumed (hereinafter referred to as "Bonds") by the Company that is
in force on January 1, 2005 and that is written or renewed during the term of
this Contract.
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ARTICLE 3 - RETENTION OF COMPANY & LIABILITY OF THE REINSURER
The retention of the Company and the liability of the Reinsurer and all other
benefits accruing to the Company, as provided in this Contract or any amendments
thereof, shall apply to the parties comprising the Company as a group and not
separately to each of the parties. Any payment by the Reinsurer to any of the
parties comprising the Company shall discharge the Reinsurer's liability under
this Contract to the extent of such payment with respect to that loss.
Reinsurance hereunder shall be on an excess of loss basis and shall apply to
that portion of coverage which the Company retains net for its own account in
accordance with the provisions set forth under this Contract.
As respects only the business covered hereunder as described in Article 2 -
Business Covered:
Section A (per Bond basis only):
For each Bond covered hereunder, the Reinsurer shall pay to the Company the
amount of Net Loss for each Bond exceeding the retention of each Bond. Bond
retention shall be defined as 10% of the Company's surplus at the time the Bond
was bound, and the Company must retain its retention for each loss, each Bond
under this Section A. 10% of the Company's surplus shall be determined from the
last sworn statement of the insurer on file with the Director of Insurance of
the State of South Dakota or by the last report of examination of the insurer,
whichever is the more recent at the time of assumption of risk.
Section B (per Principal basis only):
No claim shall be made under Section B unless the Company has first sustained a
Net Loss in excess of $60,000,000 for the principal Dick Corporation. The
Reinsurer shall then be liable for the amount of Net Loss in excess of
$60,000,000 for the principal Dick Corporation. Under no circumstances shall the
Company retain more than $60,000,000 for Dick Corporation on a per principal
basis for all losses under this Article 3, or any other reinsurance agreement
effective prior to January 1, 2005, between the Company and the Reinsurer
regarding Surety Business for the Dick Corporation.
Should any loss involve this reinsurance, there is no reinstatement under
Section B.
ARTICLE 4 - COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRATION
The Contract shall take effect on January 1, 2005 and shall remain in full force
and effect through December 31, 2005, both days inclusive, and provides cover
for losses discovered at any time after the inception of this Contract on Bonds
in-force, written, renewed or assumed during the term of this Contract.
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At any time during the term of this Contract and upon thirty (30) calendar days
prior written notice to the Company, the Reinsurer shall have the option to
cease acceptance of additional Bonds. However, at the Company's option, any
Bonds resulting from bids already released by the Company at the time such
notice is received may be ceded to this Contract if such cession is made within
60 days of the date the notice is received. Such election is subject to any
necessary prior approval or no objection from any applicable regulatory
authority.
ARTICLE 5 - DEFINITIONS
"Company Retention" shall mean that amount(s) indicated as the Company Retention
as set forth separately under Sections A and B in the Retention of Company &
Liability of the Reinsurer Article. It is understood and agreed that any
underlying reinsurance maintained by the Company on the business reinsured
hereunder shall not be deducted in determining the Company's Retention,
including amounts retained by the Company or its affiliated companies under
common management or common ownership.
"Net Written Premium" shall mean the Company's written premium on the business
covered hereunder net of applicable returns and cancellations and net of
premiums on inuring reinsurance.
"Loss(es) Discovered" shall mean that the Company shall have discovered a loss:
Under Section A: when the Company has incurred a loss of 50% of the per Bond
retention as defined in the Retention of Company & Liability
of the Reinsurer Article through the establishment of a
reserve, payment of loss or allocated expenses, assumption of
a liability to prevent a default or a combination thereof.
Under Section B: when the Company has incurred a loss of $30,000,000 or more on
the principal Dick Corporation through the establishment of a
reserve, payment of loss or allocated expenses, assumption of
a liability to prevent a default or a combination thereof.
"Net Loss" shall mean all loss and allocated expense payments made by the
Company (1) in the investigation, defense, settlement, or mitigation of claims
or potential claims (including the prevention of defaults) on the Bond business
covered hereunder, and (2) in the recovery or attempted recovery of such loss
and expense payments, less salvage and subrogation. The Company's office
expenses and salaries of its employees are not allocated expenses and are not
included in Net Loss. "Net Loss" shall include extra contractual obligations and
losses in excess of original policy limits to the extent that any underlying
excess of loss reinsurance purchased by the Company covers such obligations and
losses. It is understood and agreed that any underlying
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reinsurance maintained by the Company on the business reinsured hereunder, shall
not be deducted in determining the Company's Net Loss.
ARTICLE 6 - PREMIUM
Upon execution of this Contract by the Company and the Reinsurer, the Company
shall pay the Reinsurer a minimum and deposit premium of $7,000,000. A final
premium adjustment shall be due within 90 days following the expiration of this
Contract, subject to the actual amount of premium collected by the Company on
the Surety Business during the term of this Contract. However, in no event shall
the adjusted premium be less than the minimum premium of $7,000,000. Should the
actual premium due hereunder be greater than the deposit premium, the Company
shall pay the Reinsurer the difference between the actual premium collected and
the deposit premium and shall submit this amount with the final premium
adjustment. In the event that the total premium on any Bond has not been
determined at the time of the final premium adjustment, any additional premium
due for that Bond shall be submitted to the Reinsurer immediately as such amount
is determined.
ARTICLE 7 - NOTICE OF LOSS & SETTLEMENTS
The Company shall investigate and settle or defend all claims and losses
including those involving the extension of credit or the advancement of money.
All payments of claims or losses by the Company within the sum or limits of its
Bonds and within the amount of reinsurance set forth in Article 3 - Retention of
Company and Liability of the Reinsurer, shall be binding on the Reinsurer,
subject to the terms of this Contract.
The Company shall report to the Reinsurer a claim hereunder within 90 calendar
days of that claim meeting the definition of "Losses Discovered" as defined in
Article 5 - Definitions.
The Reinsurer shall pay to the Company the Reinsurer's portion of Net Loss
within thirty days after receipt of the proof of loss from the Company. Any
subsequent changes in the amount of Net Loss shall be reported by the Company to
the Reinsurer, and the amount due either party shall be remitted within thirty
days after receipt of such report.
ARTICLE 8 - CO-SURETY
It is understood and agreed by the parties to this Contract that Continental
Casualty Company and any one of its affiliated insurers shall act as co-surety
as respects business covered by this Contract, when so requested by the Company.
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ARTICLE 9 - EXCESS OF ORIGINAL POLICY LIMITS
This Contract shall protect the Company as provided in Article 2 - Business
Covered, in connection with loss in excess of the limit of the original policy,
subject to the "Net Loss" definition, such loss in excess of the limit having
been incurred because of failure by the Company to settle within the policy
limit or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in
rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the
trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or
prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.
However, this Article shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due to
fraud by a member of the Board of Directors or a corporate officer of the
Company acting individually or collectively or in collusion with any individual
or corporation or any other organization or party involved in the presentation,
defense or settlement of any claim covered hereunder.
For the purpose of this Article, the word "loss" shall mean any amounts for
which the Company would have been contractually liable to pay had it not been
for the limit of the original policy. The date on which any Excess of Original
Policy Limit loss is incurred by the Company shall be deemed, in all
circumstances, to be the date of the original loss.
ARTICLE 10 - EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
This Contract shall protect the Company as provided in Article 2 - Business
Covered, where the loss includes any extra contractual obligations, subject to
the "Net Loss" definition.
The term "Extra Contractual Obligations" is defined as those liabilities not
covered under any other provision of this Contract and which arise from the
handling of any claim on business covered hereunder, such liabilities arising
because of, but not limited to, the following: failure by the Company to settle
within the policy limit, or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or
bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in preparation of the defense
or in the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the
preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.
The date on which any Extra Contractual Obligation loss is incurred by the
Company shall be deemed, in all circumstances, to be the date of the original
loss.
However, this Article shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due to
fraud by a member of the Board of Directors or a corporate officer of the
Company acting individually or collectively or in collusion with any individual
or corporation or any other organization or party involved in the presentation,
defense or settlement of any loss covered hereunder.
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ARTICLE 11 - SALVAGE & SUBROGATION
The Reinsurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Company to the extent of
its loss payments to the Company. The Company agrees to enforce its rights of
salvage and subrogation by taking whatever action is necessary to recover its
loss from an obligee, principal, indemnitor, or any other party who caused or
contributed to its loss or part thereof, or to assign those rights to the
Reinsurer, unless enforcement is waived by the mutual consent of the Company and
the Reinsurer. Recoveries shall be distributed to the parties in an order
inverse to that in their liabilities accrued.
ARTICLE 12 - OFFSET
For settlement purposes only, the Company or the Reinsurer shall have the right
to offset any balance or amounts due from one party to the other under the terms
of this Contract or any other facultative or treaty reinsurance entered into
between certain of the parties hereto. The party asserting the right of offset
may exercise such right at any time whether the balances due are on account of
premiums or losses. In the instance of insolvency of one or more of the
reinsured Companies, applicable state law shall apply.
ARTICLE 13 - CURRENCY
Whenever the word "Dollars" or the "$" sign appears in this Contract, they shall
be construed to mean United States Dollars and all transactions under this
Contract shall be in United States Dollars.
Amounts paid or received by the Company in any other currency shall be converted
to United States Dollars at the rate of exchange at the date such transaction is
entered on the books of the Company.
ARTICLE 14 - ACCESS TO RECORDS
The Company shall allow the Reinsurer to inspect, at reasonable times, the
records of the Company relevant to the business reinsured under this Contract,
including but not limited to Company files concerning premium, underwriting,
claims, losses or legal proceedings which involve or may involve the Reinsurer
and the Reinsurer may make copies of any records pertaining thereto. This right
of inspection, audit and information shall survive termination of this Contract
and shall run to the natural expiry of all liabilities under the Bonds
reinsured.
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ARTICLE 15 - ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Any inadvertent delay, omission or error shall not be held to relieve either
party hereto from any liability which would attach to it hereunder if such
delay, omission, or error had not been made, provided such omission or error is
rectified as soon as possible after discovery.
ARTICLE 16 - TAXES
The Reinsurer shall maintain the required reserves as to the Reinsurer's portion
of claims and losses. The Company shall be liable for all premium taxes on
business covered hereunder. If the Reinsurer is obligated to pay any premium
taxes on this business, the Company shall reimburse the Reinsurer, however, the
Company shall not be required to pay taxes twice of the same premium.
ARTICLE 17 - INSOLVENCY
(This Contract shall apply severally to each reinsured company referenced within
the Preamble to this Contract. Further, this Article and the laws of the
domiciliary state shall apply in the event of the insolvency of any company
intended to be covered hereunder. In the event of a conflict between any
provision of this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state of any company
intended to be covered hereunder, that domiciliary state's laws shall prevail.)
This reinsurance shall be payable by the Reinsurer on the basis of the liability
of the reinsured Company(ies) under Bonds reinsured hereunder without
diminution, because of the insolvency of one or more than one of the Companies,
to the Company(ies) or its liquidator, receiver, or statutory successor.
In the event of insolvency of one or more than one of the Companies, the
liquidator or receiver or statutory successor of the Company(ies) shall give
written notice to the Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim filed against the
Company(ies) on the Bond or Bonds reinsured within a reasonable time after such
claim is filed in the insolvency proceeding. During the pendency of such claim
the Reinsurer may investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in
the proceeding where such claim is to be adjudicated, any defense or defenses
which it may deem available to the Company(ies) or its liquidator or receiver or
statutory successor. The expenses thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be
chargeable, subject to court approval, against the Company(ies) as part of the
expense of liquidation to the extent of a proportionate share of the benefits
which may accrue to the Company(ies) solely as a result of the defense so
undertaken by the Reinsurer.
Should one or more than one of the Companies go into liquidation or should a
receiver be appointed, the Reinsurer shall be entitled to deduct from any sums
which may be or may become
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due to the Company(ies) any sums which are due to the Reinsurer by the
Company(ies) and which are payable at a fixed or stated date under this
Contract, the Surety Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract, the Certificates of
Facultative Reinsurance, the Surety Quota Share Treaty or the Aggregate Stop
Loss Reinsurance Contract between certain of the parties hereto to the full
extent permitted by the laws of the insolvent party's state of domicile.
It is further understood and agreed that, in the event of the insolvency of one
or more than one of the Companies, the reinsurance under this Contract shall be
payable directly by the Reinsurer to the Company(ies) or to its liquidator,
receiver or statutory successor, except a) where this Contract specifically
provides another payee of such reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the
Company(ies) or b) where the Reinsurer with the consent of the direct insured or
insureds has assumed such Bond obligations of the Company(ies) as direct
obligations of the Reinsurer to the payees under such Bonds and in substitution
for the obligations of the Company(ies) to such payees.
In no event shall anyone other than the parties to this Contract or, in the
event of one or more than one of the Company's insolvency, its liquidator,
receiver, or statutory successor, have any rights under this Contract.
ARTICLE 18 - AMENDMENTS
This Contract may be altered or amended in any of its terms and conditions by
mutual written consent of the Company and the Reinsurer. Such written mutual
consent shall then constitute a part of this Contract.
ARTICLE 19 -ARBITRATION
As a condition precedent to any right of action hereunder, any dispute arising
out of the interpretation, performance or breach of this Contract, including the
formation or validity thereof, shall be submitted for decision to a panel of
three arbitrators. Notice requesting arbitration shall be in writing and sent
certified mail, return receipt requested.
One arbitrator shall be chosen by each party and the two arbitrators shall,
before instituting the hearing, choose an impartial third arbitrator who shall
preside at the hearing. If either party fails to appoint its arbitrator within
thirty (30) days after being requested to do so by the other party, the latter,
after ten (10) days notice by certified mail of its intention to do so, may
appoint the second arbitrator.
If the two arbitrators are unable to agree upon the third arbitrator within
thirty (30) days of their appointment, the third arbitrator shall be selected
from a list of six individuals (three named by each arbitrator) by a judge of
the federal district court having jurisdiction over the geographical
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area in which the arbitration is to take place, or if the federal court declines
to act, the state court having general jurisdiction in such area.
All arbitrators shall be disinterested active or former executive officers of
insurance or reinsurance companies or Underwriters at Lloyd's London.
Within thirty (30) days after notice of appointment of all arbitrators, the
panel shall meet and determine timely periods for briefs, discovery procedures
and schedules for hearings.
The panel shall be relieved of all judicial formality and shall not be bound by
the strict rules of procedure and evidence. Arbitration shall take place in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, or a location mutually agreed to by the panel.
Insofar as the arbitration panel looks to substantive law, it shall consider the
law of the State of South Dakota. The decision of any two arbitrators when
rendered in writing shall be final and binding. The panel is empowered to grant
interim relief as it may deem appropriate.
The panel shall make its decision considering the custom and practice of the
applicable insurance and reinsurance business as promptly as possible following
the termination of the hearings. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof.
Each party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator and shall jointly and
equally bear with the other party the cost of the third arbitrator. The
remaining costs of the arbitration shall be allocated by the panel. The panel
may, at its discretion, award such further costs and expenses as it considers
appropriate, including but not limited to attorneys fees, to the extent
permitted by law. The panel is prohibited from awarding punitive, exemplary or
treble damages, of whatever nature, in connection with any arbitration
proceeding concerning this Contact.
ARTICLE 20 - CHOICE OF LAW
This Contract, including all matters relating to formation, validity and
performance thereof, shall be interpreted in accordance with the law of the
State of South Dakota.
ARTICLE 21 - AGENCY
For purposes of sending and receiving notices and payments required by this
Contract, the reinsured Company that is set forth first in the Title section to
this Contract shall be deemed the agent for all other reinsured companies
referenced in the Title of this Contract. In no event however, shall any
reinsured Company be deemed the agent of the other with respect to the terms of
the Insolvency Article.
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ARTICLE 22 - ENTIRE CONTRACT
This Contract represents the entire agreement and understanding among the
parties as respects the subject matter hereto. No other oral or written
agreements or contracts relating to the risks reinsured hereunder currently
exist and/or are contemplated between the parties.
ARTICLE 23 - FUNDING OF RESERVES
(This Article is only applicable if the Reinsurer cannot qualify for credit by
each governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company's reserves.)
As regards Bonds issued by the Company coming within the scope of this Contract,
the Company agrees that, when it files with the Insurance Department or sets up
on its books reserves for losses (including Loss and Loss Expense paid by the
Company but not recovered from the Reinsurer, Loss and Loss Expense reported and
outstanding, and an allowance for Incurred But Not Reported Losses and Loss
Expenses as determined by the Company) covered hereunder and/or unearned
premium, which it is required by law to set up, it shall forward to the
Reinsurer a statement showing the proportion of such reserves applicable to it.
The Reinsurer hereby agrees that it shall apply for and secure delivery to the
Company of a clean, irrevocable, unconditional Letter of Credit, dated on or
before December 31 of the year in which the request is made, issued by a member
of the Federal Reserve System or any bank approved for use by the NAIC
Securities Valuation Office, and containing provisions acceptable to the
insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company's reserves
in an amount equal to the Reinsurer's proportion of reserves as shown in the
statement prepared by the Company.
The Letter of Credit shall be issued for a period of not less than one year, and
shall be automatically extended for one year from its date of expiration or any
future expiration date unless 30 days prior to any expiration date the issuing
bank notifies the Company by registered mail that the issuing bank elects not to
consider the Letter of Credit extended for any additional period. An issuing
bank, not a member of the Federal Reserve System or not chartered in the state
of domicile of the Company, shall provide 60 days notice to the Company prior to
any expiration in the event of nonextension.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Contract, the Company or its
court-appointed successor in interest may draw upon such credit at any time
without diminution because of the insolvency of the Company or of any Reinsurer
for one or more of the following purposes only:
A. To reimburse the Company for the Reinsurer's share of unearned premium on
Bonds reinsured hereunder on account of cancellations of such bonds.
B. To pay the Reinsurer's share or to reimburse the Company for the
Reinsurer's share of any Loss reinsured by this Contract, which has not
been otherwise paid.
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C. To make refund of any sum in excess of the actual amount required to pay
the Reinsurer's share of any liability reinsured by this Contract.
D. In the event of nonextension of Letters of Credit as provided for above,
to establish deposits of the Reinsurer's share of reserves for losses
and/or unearned premium under this Contract.
E. To pay any other amounts the Company claims are due under this Contract.
The issuing bank shall have no responsibility whatsoever in connection with the
propriety of withdrawals made by the Company or the disposition of funds
withdrawn, except to ensure that withdrawals are made only upon the order of
properly authorized representatives of the Company.
At annual intervals, or more frequently as agreed but never more frequently than
semi-annually, the Company shall prepare, for the sole purpose of amending the
Letter of Credit, a specific statement of the Reinsurer's share of loss and/or
unearned premium reserves. If the statement shows that the Reinsurer's share of
such reserves exceeds the balance of credit as of the statement date, then the
Reinsurer shall, within 30 days after receipt of notice of such excess, secure
delivery to the Company of an amendment of such difference. If, however, the
statement shows that the Reinsurer's share of such reserves is less than the
balance of credit as of the statement date, the Company shall, within 30 days
after receipt of written request from the Reinsurer, release such excess credit
by agreeing to secure an amendment to the Letter of Credit, reducing the amount
of credit available by the amount of such excess credit.
The Reinsurer shall be responsible for any and all costs, fees and charges as
respects establishing and maintaining a Letter of Credit under the provisions of
this Article.
ARTICLE 24 - SERVICE OF SUIT
(This Article applies only if the Reinsurer is domiciled outside the United
States of America and/or unauthorized in any state, territory, or district of
the United States of America that has jurisdiction over the Company and in which
a subject suit has been instituted. This Article is not intended to conflict
with or override the parties' obligation to arbitrate their disputes in
accordance with the Arbitration Article.)
In the event of the failure of any Reinsurer hereon to pay any amount claimed to
be due hereunder, such Reinsurer, at the request of the Company, shall submit to
the jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States
and shall comply with all requirements necessary to give that court
jurisdiction. Nothing in this Article constitutes or should be understood to
constitute a waiver of the Reinsurer's rights to commence an action in any court
of competent jurisdiction in the United States, to remove an action to a United
States District Court,
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or to seek a transfer of a case to another court as permitted by the laws of the
United States or of any state in the United States. Service of process in such
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shall abide by the final decision of such court or of any appellate court in the
event of any appeal.
The above-named are authorized and directed to accept service of process on
behalf of the Reinsurer in any such suit and/or upon the request of Company to
give a written undertaking to the Company that they shall enter a general
appearance upon the Reinsurer's behalf in the event such a suit shall be
instituted.
Further, pursuant to any statute of any state, territory or district of the
United States which makes provision therefor, the Reinsurer hereon hereby
designates the Superintendent, Commissioner or Director of Insurance or other
officer specified for that purpose in the statute, or the successor or
successors in office, as its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served
any lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or on behalf
of the Company or any beneficiary hereunder, arising out of this Contract, and
hereby designates the above-named as the person to whom the said officer is
authorized to mail such process or a true copy thereof.
ARTICLE 25 - SEVERABILITY
If any law or regulation of any Federal, State, or Local Government of the
United States of America, or the ruling of officials having supervision over
insurance companies, should render illegal this Contract, or any portion
thereof, as to risks or properties located in the jurisdiction of such
authority, either the Company or the Reinsurer may upon written notice to the
other suspend, abrogate, or amend this Contract insofar as it relates to risks
or properties located within such jurisdiction to such extent as may be
necessary to comply with such law, regulations, or ruling.
Such illegality, suspension, abrogation, or amendment of a portion of this
Contract shall in no way affect any other portion thereof.
ARTICLE 26 - HONORABLE UNDERTAKING
The purposes of this Contract are not to be defeated by narrow or technical
legal interpretations of its provisions. The Contract shall be construed as an
honorable undertaking and should be interpreted for the purpose of giving effect
to the real intentions of the parties hereto.
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ARTICLE 27- NOTICES
Any notice relating to this Contract shall be in writing and shall be
sufficiently given if delivered by certified mail to the Reinsurer at the
following address:
Continental Casualty Company
CNA Plaza
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer
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and to the Company at the following address:
Western Surety Company
Attn.: Chief Executive Officer
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ARTICLE 28 - SPECIAL PROVISION
At any time subsequent to the inception of this Contract:
A. should the ownership, control or management of the Company or the
Reinsurer be altered or changed, in whole or in part, in such a way that
receipt or payment of funds or any other contemplated transaction under
this Contract would be prohibited by United States of America statute,
regulation and/or other applicable law, or
B. should the Company or the Reinsurer become subject to restrictions imposed
by the United States government, so that receipt or payment of funds or
any other contemplated transaction under this Contract would be prohibited
by United States of America statute, regulation and/or other applicable
law,
the Company or the Reinsurer must immediately notify the other party of same in
writing via certified, registered, or internationally recognized overnight
courier service, and the obligation to pay or receive funds or otherwise perform
under this Contract shall be suspended until such time as the Company or the
Reinsurer are authorized by applicable law, regulation, or license to perform
under this Contract.
ARTICLE 29 - CONFIDENTIALITY
The Reinsurer hereby acknowledges that the documents, information and data
provided to it by the Company, whether directly or through an authorized agent,
in connection with the placement, execution, or performance of this Contract
(hereinafter called the "Confidential Information") are proprietary and
confidential to the Company. Confidential Information shall not include
documents, information or data that the Reinsurer can show: (i) is publicly
known or has become publicly known through no unauthorized act of the Reinsurer,
(ii) has been rightfully received
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from a third person without obligation of confidentiality, or (iii) was known by
the Reinsurer prior to the placement of this Contract without an obligation of
confidentiality.
The Reinsurer agrees not to disclose any Confidential Information; however, this
provision shall not apply to disclosures made by the Reinsurer, in the ordinary
course of business, to its retrocessionaires, auditors, accountants, or
regulatory agencies, arbitration panels or courts of law. This Article shall not
preclude the disclosure of information which is required to be disclosed in
financial statements and reports filed by either the Company or Reinsurer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties acknowledge that no intermediary is involved in
or brought about this transaction, and the parties hereto, by their authorized
representatives, have executed this Contract:
on this day of 2005.
WESTERN SURETY COMPANY
By:________________________________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________________
Attested by:_______________________________________________________
and on this day of 2005.
UNIVERSAL SURETY OF AMERICA
By:________________________________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________________
Attested by:_______________________________________________________
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and on this day of 2005.
SURETY BONDING COMPANY OF AMERICA
By:________________________________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________________
Attested by:_______________________________________________________
and on this day of 2005.
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
By:________________________________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________________
Attested by:_______________________________________________________
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Effective: January 1, 2005
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